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Predicting The Election, With Hope And Laser Bears
There is a wall between today and Inauguration Day. No one can guess what is on the other side of that wall. When I imagine peeking over the wall on the good days, it is a place of healing. Birds are chirping. We are looking at each other with less suspicion, daring...
SAMSUNG i760
For some reason Verizon has not attempted to generate any excitement about the new Samsung i760 cell phone/PDA, even though it looks very nice and perhaps is even a worthy...
BITTORRENT & BAGGAGE NEUTRALITY
Advocates of "network neutrality" have trouble conveying the real world implications of an arcane-sounding technical issue. Two items in the news help illustrate why it's an...
WINDOWS LIVE PHOTO GALLERY
Microsoft has an appealing new program for displaying and sharing your photos. There is no shortage of photo programs and online services, but if you haven't committed to any of...
HACKERS MOVING AWAY FROM WINDOWS
There's some evidence that Windows has become secure enough that the bad guys that write viruses and rootkits and phishing attacks are looking elsewhere.It's anecdotal so far and...
RIAA SUES USENET.COM
The first rule of Usenet is, you don't talk about Usenet.Careful observation of that rule has allowed Internet newsgroups to avoid getting involved in the entertainment...
TOP 100 BLOGS
Looking through blogs ("web logs") occupies most of my web-surfing time these days. Everybody has heard the term but some people aren't sure what a blog is or where to find...
LOGMEIN FREE
LogMeIn Free is a completely free service that gives you remote access to your home or office computer, any time, from anywhere.Remote access services run software on your home...
OUTLOOK 2007 CALENDAR PRINTING ASSISTANT
There's a remarkable world of applications designed to work with Microsoft Office. In fact, there's probably more programs included under the "Office" banner than you realized -...
THE COST OF E-DISCOVERY
Electronic discovery - production of electronic data in litigation - is increasingly common, and often difficult and expensive. Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure...
E-MAIL CONVERSATIONS
Google Mail sorts e-mail messages into "conversations" - basically, all the messages with the same subject line are stacked on top of each other. If a new message comes in, the...
STARTUP PROGRAMS
When your computer starts to slow down, the traditional response is to look for programs and processes that start automatically and bog the system down. One of my first clues...
MORE VISTA UPDATES
There are updates to Windows Vista that improve its performance and reliability. The improvements make a top-notch operating system even better. So why is there a strong...
RESIZE IMAGES WITH RSIZR
Here's new technology for manipulating photos that's very cool - you'll enjoy watching the demo even if you don't have a clue what's going on or whether you'll use it.Rsizr is a...
GIGABIT NETWORKING
Network equipment connected with cables has gotten a speed increase to 1Gb, 1000Mbps - ten times faster than the 100Mbps that was standard for years. All of your network-related...
NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE
As always, there's new technology that's becoming commonplace even though we hadn't really noticed it yet. Let's start with network-attached storage - "NAS."Our appetite for...